List of people from Leeds

The following list contains in Leeds -born personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. Whether the people had their future spheres in Leeds or not is irrelevant. Many have moved during their lifetime of Leeds and elsewhere become known. The list is not exhaustive.

Born in Leeds personalities

To 1900

  • Hermann bacon of Star Castle (1852-1908), diplomat and art collector
  • Francis Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941), Photographer
  • Herbert H. Turner (1861-1930), astronomer and seismologist
  • Henry Stuart Jones (1867-1939), philologist and historian
  • Francis Rattenbury (1867-1935), architect
  • Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), writer
  • Frederick Dewhurst Yates (1884-1932), chess player
  • Robert Blackburn (1885-1955), aviation pioneer and aircraft designer
  • Thomas Rayner Dawson (1889-1951), composer of chess and mathematician
  • Owney Madden (1891-1965), gangster in New York City in the 1920-1930 years
  • May Warden (1891-1978), actress
  • Anne Loughlin (1894-1979), same official

1901-1950

  • Denys Wilkinson ( * 1922 ), nuclear physicist
  • Geoffrey Bayldon (* 1924), actor
  • Angela Morley (1924-2009), composer and conductor
  • Philip Stone (1924-2003), actor
  • George A. Cooper ( born 1925 ), actor
  • Robert Edwards (1925-2013), physiologist
  • Bryan R. Wilson (1926-2004), sociologist of religion
  • Benny Green (1927-1998), jazz musician, radio host and author
  • Dickie Hawdon (1927-2009), jazz musician, arranger and music teacher
  • Dennis Armitage, (1928-2005), jazz pianist, saxophonist and painter
  • Gerald Kaufman ( born 1930 ), politician
  • Alan Cooper (1931-2007), jazz musician and band leader
  • Edward Kellett- Bowman ( born 1931 ), politician
  • Gordon Pirie (1931-1991), Athlete
  • John Winston ( born 1933), actor
  • Alan Baddeley ( born 1934 ), psychologist
  • Alan Bennett ( born 1934 ), writer, playwright, director and actor
  • Barry Cryer ( born 1935 ), writer and comedian
  • Philip Johnson -Laird ( b. 1936 ), psychologist, professor and author
  • Tony Harrison ( born 1937 ), poet, playwright and translator
  • Alan Hawkshaw ( born 1937 ), musician
  • John Riley (1937-1978), poet
  • Michael Chapman ( born 1941 ), guitarist
  • Craig Harrison ( born 1942 ), writer
  • Malcolm McDowell ( born 1943 ), actor
  • Sheila Rowbotham ( born 1943 ), sociologist and socialist feminist
  • Glen Baxter ( born 1944 ), cartoonist
  • Paul Madeley ( born 1944 ), football player
  • Mike Nattrass (* 1945), politician
  • Bob Peck (1945-1999), actor
  • Ian McGeechan ( born 1946 ), rugby union player
  • David Harvey ( born 1948 ), football player
  • Mike Moran ( born 1948 ), keyboardist, composer and record producer
  • Barry Ryan ( born 1948 ), singer
  • Paul Ryan (1948-1992), singer and songwriter
  • Tom Wilkinson ( born 1948 ), actor
  • Stevie Wright ( born 1948 ), rock singer
  • Jimi Heselden (1948-2010), entrepreneur
  • Stephen Gill ( born 1950 ), political scientist

1951

  • Overseer, DJ and music producer
  • Honest John Plain ( b. 1952 ), musician and singer
  • Peter Christopherson (1955-2010), musician, music video director and photographer
  • Vic Reeves ( born 1959 ), singer and comedian
  • Gary Husband ( born 1960 ), Fusion Musicians
  • Robin Aspland ( born 1961 ), jazz musician
  • Nicola Chapman (1961-2009), Life Peeress
  • Will Brenton (born 1962 ), television producer, screenwriter, director and actor
  • Mick Hill (born 1964 ), athlete
  • Stuart McCall (born 1964 ), football player
  • Louise Rhodes (born 1964 ), singer and songwriter
  • Charles Stross (born 1964 ), science fiction, horror and fantasy author
  • Wash West (born 1966 ), film producer, film director and screenwriter
  • Julian Barratt ( born 1968 ), comedian, actor and musician
  • David Batty ( born 1968 ), football player
  • James Frain ( born 1968 ), film and theater actor
  • Justina Robson ( born 1968 ), science fiction author
  • Steven Waddington ( born 1968 ), actor
  • Ralph Ineson (born 1969 ), actor
  • Peter Lines (* 1969), snooker player
  • Simone Clarke (born 1970 ), a ballet dancer
  • Mark Richardson (born 1970 ), drummer
  • John Simm (born 1970 ), actor and musician
  • Royston Langdon (born 1972 ), musician
  • Ben Cooke ( b. 1974 ), stuntman and actor
  • Jason Robinson ( born 1974 ), rugby union and rugby league player
  • Melanie Brown ( born 1975 ), singer and actress
  • Paul Hunter (1978-2006), snooker player
  • Corinne Bailey Rae ( born 1979 ), soul singer
  • Sam Riley ( born 1980 ), actor
  • Nicola Adams ( b. 1982 ), boxer
  • Caleb Folan ( b. 1982 ), football player
  • Lucy- Jo Hudson ( b. 1983 ), actress
  • Rhianna (* 1983), Contemporary R & B singer
  • Simon Allanson ( born 1985 ), biathlete
  • Robin Middleton ( born 1985 ), badminton player
  • Nichola Burley ( born 1986 ), actress
  • James Milner ( born 1986 ), English footballer
  • Danny Care (* 1987), rugby union player
  • James Jakes (* 1987), race car driver
  • Aaron Lennon ( * 1987), football player
  • Emile Sinclair (* 1987), football player
  • Byron Webster (* 1987), football player
  • Anna Blyth (* 1988), Track Cycling activist
  • Jon Lancaster ( * 1988), race car driver
  • Sana Saeed (* 1988), actress and model
  • Matthew Lewis (* 1989), actor
  • Jonathan Brownlee (* 1990), professional triathlete
  • Gabrielle White ( * 1990), badminton player
  • Niall Canavan (* 1991), football player
  • Hannah Starling ( * 1995), water jumper
  • List ( people by city in the United Kingdom)
  • Person (Leeds )
Herbert Hall Turner Frederick Yates Robert Blackburn (aviation pioneer) Peter Walker (racing driver) Halloween (2007 film) Robert Edwards (physiologist) Benny Green (saxophonist) Edward Kellett-Bowman John Winston (actor) John Riley (poet) Michael Chapman (singer) Craig Harrison (writer) Glen Baxter (cartoonist) Richard Dunn (boxer) Mike Moran (music producer) Barry Ryan (singer) Paul Ryan (singer) Stevie Wright (Australian singer) Stephen Gill (political scientist) Rob Overseer Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman Mick Hill (athlete) Lou Rhodes Mark Richardson (musician) Spacehog Lucy-Jo Hudson Rhianna (singer)
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